Attack on Continental: the Lithuania dis • Table.Briefings

Major automotive supplier Continental has been caught in the crossfire of a new trade conflict between the EU and China. The automotive industry is threatened with supply problems. The EU must formulate an appropriate response. And the German traffic light coalition is now forced to sort out its China policy on the fly at a crisis meeting at Vice-Chancellor Habeck’s home.

What started as a trifle about a Baltic state, is turning into a full-blown trade conflict between Germany and China. The automotive supplier Continental and at least one other German company will soon no longer be allowed to export parts to China that contain primary products from Lithuania. China.Table obtained this information from industry circles. Even if the players are trying to appear calm on the surface, both economy and politics are frantically scrambling behind the scenes to find an adequate reaction. After all, this is the first time that Beijing has dragged the German automotive industry so directly into a trade dispute. The conflict was triggered by the founding of a Taiwan office in Vilnius (China.Table reported).

Attack on Continental: the Lithuania dispute has arrived in Germany

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